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Remotes, just like devtools, supports package dependency installation for packages not yet in a standard package repository such as CRAN or Bioconductor.
You can mark any regular dependency defined in the
Depends
, Imports
, Suggests
or
Enhances
fields as being installed from a remote location
by adding the remote location to Remotes
in your
DESCRIPTION
file. This will cause remotes to download and
install them from the specified location, instead of CRAN.
The remote dependencies specified in Remotes
should be
described in the following form.
Remotes: [type::]<Repository>, [type2::]<Repository2>
The type
is an optional parameter. If the type is
missing the default is to install from GitHub. Additional remote
dependencies should be separated by commas, just like normal
dependencies elsewhere in the DESCRIPTION
file.
Because GitHub is the most commonly used unofficial package distribution in R, it’s the default:
You can also specify a specific hash, tag, or pull request (using the
same syntax as install_github()
if you want a particular
commit. Otherwise the latest commit on the default branch is used.
The special @*release
syntax will install the latest
release:
A type of ‘github’ can be specified, but is not required
All of the currently supported install sources are available, see the
‘See Also’ section in ?install_github
for a complete
list.
# GitLab
Remotes: gitlab::jimhester/covr
# Git
Remotes: git::git@bitbucket.org:djnavarro/lsr.git,
git::https://github.com/igraph/rigraph.git@main
# Bitbucket
Remotes: bitbucket::sulab/mygene.r@default, djnavarro/lsr
# Bioconductor
Remotes: bioc::3.3/SummarizedExperiment#117513, bioc::release/Biobase
# SVN
Remotes: svn::https://github.com/tidyverse/stringr
# URL
Remotes: url::https://github.com/tidyverse/stringr/archive/HEAD.zip
# Local
Remotes: local::/pkgs/testthat
When you submit your package to CRAN, all of its dependencies must
also be available on CRAN. For this reason,
devtools::release()
will warn you if you try to release a
package with a Remotes
field.
These binaries (installable software) and packages are in development.
They may not be fully stable and should be used with caution. We make no claims about them.